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Paul Mooney

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American freelance journalist based in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Burma and Vietnam for more than 30 years. Army Veteran

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Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 5d

Trump today said he would not rule out pardoning Chislaine Maxwell. If he does pardon her, it would be an admission that he has something to hide. And that would explain why he’s refused to release the Epstein Files

Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 2h

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 9h

Uyghur Scholar-Activist Faces Charges in France for Criticizing Beijing
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Uyghur Scholar-Activist Faces Charges in France for Criticizing Beijing

On October 13, a court outside Paris will put on trial Dr. Dilnur Reyhan, a prominent French-Uyghur scholar and activist, and the president of the European Uyghur Institute, for the criminal offense o...

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Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

Jimmy Kimmel Asked Residents To Share Videos Of "War Torn" Chicago And Portland, And Their Responses Are Pure Gold - "People are fleeing because they can't get reservations at the restaurants." BuzzFeed

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Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

She lived through the L.A. riots and now is in Chicago. She says Trump is making up urban unrest - Los Angeles Times

Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA Republicans Consider Taking Drastic Measures To End Shutdown - HuffPost

Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

Stocks Fall Sharply on Trump’s Renewed Threat of China Tariffs - The S&P 500 slumped more than 2 percent for the first time in six months, rattling investors after a long stretch of gains. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b... Trump still doesn’t understand how tariffs work.

Stocks Fall Sharply on Trump’s Renewed Threat of China Tariffs

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Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

59% of Americans disapprove of RFK Jr.’s moves as health secretary, a new poll says - A new poll shows trust in federal health policies is plummeting, and what -- or who -- people believe increasingly depends on their politics. NPR

Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

Musk's AI Is Being Used to Make Hardcore Porn: 'Grok Is Learning Genitalia Really Fast!' - Rolling Stone

Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

Trump administration begins laying off more than 4,000 federal workers amid government shutdown, court filing shows — With Trump, it’s all about the cruelty.

Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown - The Washington Post

Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

RFK Jr.’s Bizarre Circumcision-Autism Theory Has Doctors Sounding The Alarm - In yet another shocking statement, Kennedy doubled down on the not-true claim that Tylenol use, in this case after circumcision, is linked to autism. HuffPost

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?

Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.

Be warned.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

It’s happening…

Thousands more federal workers are getting pink slips. This is 100% Trump’s pressure play to make Democrats cave and give up the fight for our healthcare.

Reminder: Military members got their last paycheck today, and many federal workers only got a partial paycheck.

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Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

During Trump’s first term, I saw him on TV at a media event. Someone asked about Melania’s citizenship and he promised he would share the immigration documents the following week. We never heard about that again. Like his taxes and the Epstein files. He thinks people are stupid and won’t remember.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

Both Donald Trump and his Slovene-born escort spent years calling for Obama’s birth certificate. I am calling for Melania Trump’s legal immigration papers: How did she get an “Einstein” visa for extraordinary abilities despite her blatant lie under oath about her college degrees?

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Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

The deadly consequences of rural hospital closures - Rural hospitals are vanishing, and Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse. ABC News | Trump did this.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

I have no idea what's in the Epstein files but holy shit does Mike Johnson not want us to find out.

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Clay Jones @claytoonz.bsky.social · 2d

You can't say for certain that any participants of the J6 terrorist attack are working for ICE, but you can't say for certain that they're not. #ICE

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Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

Social Security workers say the shutdown has them unable to help with benefit letters - NPR - Trump did this. And he’s relishing the pain he’s causing Americans.

Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's budget director says layoffs 'have begun' amid government shutdown — Affected agencies include the departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy and Health and Human Services, among others, according to an administration official| This is all on Trump and the spineless GOP.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Basketball Superfan and Team Chaplain, Dies at 106 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/s...

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Basketball Superfan and Team Chaplain, Dies at 106

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Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Basketball Superfan and Team Chaplain, Dies at 106 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/s...

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Basketball Superfan and Team Chaplain, Dies at 106

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Paul Mooney @pjmooney.bsky.social · 1d

Trump threatens China with new tariffs and 'countermeasures' - A guy who used family money/connections to get into university, and who was a mediocre student, shouldn’t be interfering in higher education.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2d

You know who takes a cognitive test? People whose family members suspect their loved one is suffering from dementia. If he kept getting “perfect” scores…they wouldn’t keep administering them. My take? He blew the first one he ever took. Now, they’re tracking the decline. I’d bet my hot coffee on it.

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